Having wandered into professional writing and editing after a decade in engineering, science, and management, Merryl now enjoys reintegrating the dichotomy by bringing space technology and policy within reach of an interested public. After three years as Space Safety Magazine’s Managing Editor, Merryl semi-retired to Visiting Contributor and manager of the campaign to bring the International Space Station collaboration to the attention of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. She keeps her pencil sharp as Proposal Manager for U.S. government contractor CSRA.
Defunct Russian communication satellite Molniya-1-98 reentered Earth's atmosphere and fell into the Pacific Ocean on April 7. The reentry appears... Read more →
On April 3, US spy satellite NROL-25 launched from California aboard a Medium+ (5,2) configuration Delta 4 rocket. The launch is presumed to be... Read more →
André Kuipers exercising aboard ISS (Credits: ESA). A study of six International Space Station (ISS) crew members has shown that the impact of... Read more →
A NASTAR trainee class in the altitude chamber (Credits: NASTAR Center). On April 2, the National AeroSpace Training and Research Center (NASTAR)... Read more →
Do it yourself spacecraft are becoming more common, but the Hermes is the first to show up on Kickstarter. STAR Systems is looking for $20,000 to... Read more →
On April 1, asteroid 2012 EG5 passed within 230,000 km of Earth, closer than the Moon. The asteroid is 46 meters wide and according to the NASA... Read more →